How To Install dpm-server-postgres on Debian 10

Learn how to install dpm-server-postgres on Debian 10 with this tutorial. dpm-server-postgres is Disk Pool Manager (DPM) server with postgres database backend

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpm-server-postgres on Debian 10.

What is dpm-server-postgres

dpm-server-postgres is:

The LCG Disk Pool Manager (DPM) creates a storage element from a set of disks. It provides several interfaces for storing and retrieving data such as RFIO and SRM version 1, version 2 and version 2.2. This package provides a DPM server that uses postgres as its database backend.

There are three methods to install dpm-server-postgres on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dpm-server-postgres Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dpm-server-postgres using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dpm-server-postgres

Install dpm-server-postgres Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dpm-server-postgres using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dpm-server-postgres

Install dpm-server-postgres Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install dpm-server-postgres using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dpm-server-postgres

How To Uninstall dpm-server-postgres on Debian 10

To uninstall only the dpm-server-postgres package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dpm-server-postgres

Uninstall dpm-server-postgres And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dpm-server-postgres and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dpm-server-postgres

Remove dpm-server-postgres Configurations and Data

To remove dpm-server-postgres configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dpm-server-postgres

Remove dpm-server-postgres configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dpm-server-postgres configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dpm-server-postgres

Dependencies

dpm-server-postgres have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpm-server-postgres package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.